Today’s word of the day is syllabub, a drink made of sweetened milk or cream curdled with wine or spirits or a cold dessert made with sweetened cream thickened with gelatin and beaten with wine, spirits, or fruit juice. It’s also spelled sillibub.
My Little Ponies
Today’s list of the day is all of the names of the original set of “My Little Pony” ponies, a fruity-smelling, pastel-colored stable of equine toys with names like Springy, Starswirl, and Lovebeam. Caution! This link to the Hasbro site will need a whiskey chaser.
Bunny
Today’s word of the day is bunny. Look:
Photo of Sweet Petunia by Carly & Art. Used here under a Creative Commons license.
Playthings and toys
Today’s list of the day is “playthings and toys,” which includes things like skipjack, squawker, and whizgig.
Alpenglow
Today’s word of the day is alpenglow, a rosy glow that suffuses snow-covered mountain peaks at dawn or dusk on a clear day.
Photo by Rich Murphy. Used here under a Creative Commons license.
Substancestry
Today’s list of the day is substancestry, which contains mysterious and theoretical substances and “stuff” of legend, such as qubit, negawatt, spider silk, and talaria.
Skinker
Today’s word of the day is skinker, someone who draws, pours, or serves liquor, or, the landlord of an alehouse or tavern.
Come, skinker, that frozen-up water come give;
Come, cause this dead heart with the vinejuice relive!
—Poems of Shemseddin Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz, Vol. III, translated from the Arabic by John Payne (1901, London: Villon Society)